Retro pretend - Super Smash Land

Having spent countless hours playing the original Super Smash Bros for the Nintendo 64 I was slack-jawed when I found out about Super Smash Land. The idea is brilliant. It's an independently developed PC game designed fully as if it were an actual Super Smash Bros title for the old Game Boy.

(Not Quite) Super Smash Bros. (Photo credit: Elliot Trinidad)

The controls might be a bit confusing at first (again, it's designed around the limited Game Boy button scheme) but soon enough you get used to it and the enemies start flying. The game is lightweight and free to download at it's website, it's a mandatory download for every Super Smash Bros fan.

Portal hopping with Mari0

You take the original Super Mario Bros, give Mario a portal gun and what you get is Mari0. And as you may guess, it is awesome.

Mario Stencil (Photo credit: Dr Case)

The geniuses at Stabyourself.net made a good job of recreating the level design and gameplay of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros, only they made Mario carry a portal gun which the player can aim and shoot using the mouse. Add to that a multiplayer mode supporting up to 4 players (each with his own portal gun), a level editor, the ability to play using different map packs and also a bunch of personalization tweaks and fun cheats you can mess around with. It's a great retake on a classic, and once you unlock the unlimited time cheat you basically have endless hours of sandbox fun ahead of you.